Gdm displays the full name of the user rather than the username

[Dave Morley]

Binary package hint: gdm

Gdm no longer displays the username but rather the full name of the user. This could be confusing for new users who need to login via tty in order to fix something following a tutorial or for those unable to use a mouse.

Every login screen should be consistent to remove any chance of confusion. I beleive that gdm should therefore either list the full name and underneath the username, or only display the username this would make it far clearer to any new user as to what you need to type in.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 13 08:28:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1936): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1936): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2068): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:2034): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

[Lee Braiden (lee-braiden)]

This is a fairly big problem for me, as I've two accounts setup with the same full name, but different user names -- one for personal stuff, one for work. Upgrading to maverick made it impossible to tell which was which.

Also, I think it's potentially a big problem in organisations that have two people with a common name, say John Smith.

It's a sane default to only show the full name, but there should be an option to display the username in parenthesis like Lucid did. Or ideally in a prettier way, underneath the full name, say.